How to Use splitter in a Sentence

splitter

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• Ohtani has racked up a 29.7% whiff rate with the splitter.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 29 May 2018
• This year, Trevor Stephan’s splitter looks like it’s the next big pitch in the Guardians bullpen.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 May 2022
• In his last three starts, Montas has used his splitter 29.9% of the time.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 July 2021
• Both front and rear fenders have been widened, and a rather large splitter is found at the front.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 12 Dec. 2022
• His splitter has looked strong this spring, and his nice mix of pitches could play well in the bullpen.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Greene fell behind 1-2 in the count on a splitter for a ball and back-to-back sliders for strikes.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2023
• Then just getting the wrinkles out of the splitter, the cutter, the fastball.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 11 Feb. 2020
• The fastball and the splitter and the slider, that's really great to look down there and see.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
• He’s got the single-best swing-and-miss pitch — the slambio, which acts much like a splitter.
  — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
• The splitter — which should’ve dipped beneath the zone — instead hung up for Drury.
  — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2022
• Command is less of an issue than the drop of Sipp’s splitter.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2018
• Montas threw his splitter, a pitch that induces swing-throughs 52% of the time.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2021
• Track workers had to pry that up to removed the splitter, and the curb wasn't the same afterward.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2021
• Morris, whose career took off when Craig taught him the splitter, ran hot on the mound.
  — Scott Miller, New York Times, 20 June 2023
• His strikeout rate has spiked in the last two years with the success of his slider and splitter.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 29 June 2021
• Upon arriving with the Twins, he was told to stick with the splitter.
  — La Velle E. Neal Iii Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
• Fraley lined a splitter by Cobb just over the wall in center field and the glove of Juan Lagares.
  — Joe Reedy, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• But his command of the splitter, his punch-out pitch, was superb.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2020
• The other slider looks like an 88 mph splitter that drops down in the strike zone at the last second.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 21 May 2022
• The pitches giving him the most trouble are change-ups and splitters.
  — Neil Greenberg, The Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2019
• And, in his next trip to the plate, Ohtani slashed a low splitter past the first baseman and into right field for a double.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• The aerodynamics come from the front splitter, the shape of the bodywork, and a pretty big rear wing.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2018
• Cobb threw a splitter, which Mercedes smashed over the left-field wall for a solo home run.
  — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021
• His fastball reached 98 mph to go along with a splitter and slider.
  — Dave Hogg, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2019
• Ohtani has touched 100 mph with his fastball to pair with a slider and his renowned splitter.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2018
• The Phillies sent Neris to triple A to clear his head and work on his splitter after a stretch of rough outings.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 25 June 2018
• The aero team added the carbon-fiber front splitter and rear diffuser.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 June 2021
• But more telling is the way his splitter has profiled over his last 10 outings.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 3 June 2022
• The splitter has a 37.4% whiff rate, according to Baseball Savant.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 July 2024
• Winning an eight-pitch battle with Hicks in his second trip to the plate, Judge deposited a middle-in splitter into the left-field bleachers to open a 3-1 lead in the third inning.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024